FINLAND - study/research stay for university students, PhD students and university teachers (3 - 9 months) - scholarship based on bilateral intergovernmental agreement

• as an applicant and as a scholarship holder, you are obliged to ensure that all documents you submit in connection with the scholarship stay contain true, correct and complete information,
• the applicant/the scholarship holder acknowledges and by accepting this scholarship agrees, that his/her personal data, to the extent provided by the scholarship application, its annexes and other submitted documents, may be provided to the authorities of the Slovak Republic or the European Union for control or monitoring activities, or during execution of an audit in relation to funds provided within the scholarship,
• it is forbidden to finance the same expenditure within the same purpose from the same source, and therefore it is your duty to inform the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic (i.e. the programme administrator), if in connection with your stay you will receive other support from the state budget of the Slovak Republic or from the European Union during your scholarship stay in Slovakia,
• the applicant/the scholarship holder is obliged to provide full co-operation to the authorities of the Slovak Republic (e.g. the National Implementation and Coordination Authority of the Mechanism to Support Renewal and Resilience, the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic, the Government Audit Office of the Slovak Republic, the Supreme Audit Office of the Slovak Republic) and the relevant European Union bodies (e.g. the European Commission, OLAF/European Anti-Fraud Office, the Court of Auditors and, where appropriate, the European Public Prosecutor's Office) or persons authorized by these bodies, in the course of their activities (in particular control or monitoring activities or the performance of audits) in connection with the funds provided within the scholarship.

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• the application is reviewed at the national level of the country of origin (home country)
• candidates selected at the home country level are nominated for the scholarship in Slovakia, their application documents are sent by the respective Ministry in the country of origin (home country) to the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic
• Slovak Ministry reviews the nominated candidates and if the applications comply with the rules of the respective Cooperation Programme it accepts the nomination (the applicant's home Ministry will be informed about this decision)
• the accepted candidate shall be informed about further details of his/her stay in Slovakia by the respective Ministry in the country of origin or by the designated institution.